Digital Economy, Industrial Structure and Income Inequality

As a distinctive feature of contemporary social development, digital economy will inevitably affect the typical fact income inequality. This paper theoretically sorts out influence mechanism between economy, industrial structure and inequality, conducts empirical research based on cross-border panel data from 49 countries 2010 to 2020. The results show that development significantly alleviates indirectly narrows gap by promoting advanced rational structure; mitigating effect in with higher levels inequality is more pronounced than low but when country's distribution falls into extreme positive reducing minimal.